Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-10-13
WEYERHAUSER.
His Position IN the Much Talked Of
Lumber Deals His ambition not to


His Position IN the Much Talked Of
Lumber Deals His Ambition not to
Acquire Monopoly.
Speaking of the efforts of Fred Wey
erhauser and the Upper Mississippi Log
ging company, with Knapp, Stout & Co,
to control the lumber interests of the pine
ries and the great river, the Northeastern
LuHabegmGR says that II corner in the
white pine manufacturing industry might
have been possible in the days when the
river was almost the only medium of
transportation, but the railroads have I'M
done all this. The railroads are making
more and more accessible the southern
and Pacific coast limber-and no one
knows better than Mr.. Weyerhauser the
possibilities of competition which lie in
the direction of these sources of supply.
Personally Mr. Weyerhauser is phe>
nomenon IN the lumber business. He has
a passion for the management of vast
interests, aud gives to the affairs ~ the
great corporations OF which he is at the
head almost without direct cOmpensa-
lion, service that is a surprise TO bis
associates, and Il model of fidelity. He
furthermore has an answering conf
dence in the lumber business. He is u
bull always, and during the period that
everybody was shouting over>production,
he did not so believe and held that the
consumption would very speedily catch
up with the supply. Time has proven
his position correct. Beyond possibly a
desire to satisfy this passion to make his
work complete, and his organization
therefore a model of its kind, there
is probably nothing in the supposition
corner in Wisconsin lumber. The
Lum6ermdR says there is no
evidence that the Mississippi
Logging company, or the Chip
pewa Logging company have been
seriously detrimental to the interests of
the consumers. These companies, which
are Familiarity designated the pool, u
have probably saved good deal of
money to their organizers because they
have employed methods more economical
/ fhan thnsa IN h,ch xparo rrauionsIy in foroe
in handling the timber from the stump tC
the mill-and that is all There have al
ways been mill men outside the poo
ready enough to sell lumber for as little
as il could be sold for, and there is likely
to continue to be other manufacturers OF
this same class. Ii is possible they may
not always be found in the northwest
but depend upon it they will be sure tC
be found during the next ten years in the
newer lumber regions nov being opened
Under these circumstances it can be pu
down as certainty that even should MIR
| Weyerhauser and his associates gathel
in the Knapp, Stout & Co. company
| plant and this now seems exceedingly
mprobable-there will be no corner il
the lumber business This is getting t.
be toe dig a country for successful cor
ners.
Secretary Irvine writes from Bee
Slough that from present prospects d
more logs will be turned out on this rul
than will be required to even up tn,
present distribution The logs that Cal
be reached on this stage of water will al
be through the jam boom this TUESDAY
evening, alter which We have hut a da,
or two's rafting.
The st. Croix Boom company shu
down last Friday, after having turne,
out something over 400O0,0o0 feet sine
the previous drive The total output o
logs on the St. Croix reaches 81. 900, 00C
which Is more than has been turned GU
in any previous year.